Chrystia Freeland is taking on a major new role: finance minister.Sources say she will take over the massive finance portfolio following the resignation Monday night of Bill Morneau after reports of a rift between him and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the best course forward on the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.Morneau had been under fire over his role in the WE Charity scandal, particularly his failure to recuse himself from cabinet discussions on the group given his family financial ties.Both Morneau and Trudeau are now under investigation by the ethics commissioner over accusations of conflict of interest in that controversy, which emerged after the government granted administration of what was originally billed as.